Department of Biochemistry

World-class research
The Department leads two of the University's Research Themes (URTs); 'Cell Biology' and 'Mechanistic and Structural Biochemistry' as well as making major contributions to the 'Cardiovascular', 'Neuroscience' and 'Nanoscience' URTs. Read more about our research.
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laboratories Excellence in teaching
In the most recent assessment of teaching quality and student support, the Quality Assurance Agency awarded the Department the maximum score of 24 out of 24. Find out about more about our unique learning environment .
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£1.1M grant awarded to Professor Cullen to study the regulation of the endosomal network in health and disease. Read more about this story here or search for other stories and events in our news archive.
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The Department holds a prestigious Athena Silver SWAN, awarded in 2007, in recognition of the Department's implementation of good practices and as an excellent environment for recruiting, retaining and promoting women in Science. Go to Swan Charter for more information.